Dear Santa: Toys for Tots letters

December 09, 2009

Toys for Tots

Donate to Toys for Tots

Editor:

Hi. I am Joe Winter and I am writing about Toys for Tots.

My school and most other schools do this, we have these boxes that we put brand new unwrapped toys for girls or boys. And I was wondering if you would donate too, because hey, I am a kid too and I think toys are awesome. The people/kids that receive the toys are always ecstatic. Did you know that it is called the U.S. Marine Corps program and it helps 6,003,000 children and gives 62,000,000 Toys to Tots. That is awesome I think. I hope you donate!!

Joe Winter

Petoskey

Put a smile on a child’s face

Editor:

Imagine that you’re hearing your family talk about what toys they want for Christmas, when you know they probably won’t get any. This is why I want you to donate to Toys for Tots. Trust me, you will put a smile on a child’s face. Wouldn’t you love to see it? Want to know how you can help? Simple. Donate a toy to your local Toys for Tots campaign. (Central Elementary is collecting and is convenient). Donate your time to help your local Toys for Tots campaign. Donate service support to local Toys for Tots campaign. Just remember that Toys for Tots doesn’t work without your help. Check out these famous people who have helped Toys for Tots. — Walt Disney (he designed the logo), Bob Hope, John Wayne, Brooke Shields, Johnny Carson, Garth Brooks, Tim Allen, Kenny Rogers and Billy Ray Cyrus are just a few that used their time and talent to promote Toys for Tots. Did you know Toys for Tots once had people donate over 402,000,000 toys? Let’s do that again! Plus the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve is in charge of this charity. So please remember to donate to Toys for Tots. Toys. Time. Service. You. These words all equal ... Toys for Tots. Donate!

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Grace Kelbel

Petoskey

P.S. Please do not wrap any gifts you donate. One other thing, if you wish to donate to your local Toys for Tots campaign, look for the big white box that says Toys for Tots.

Drop a gift in the Toys for Tots box at Central Elementary

Editor:

My name is Brittney Bunker and I am from Central Elementary School. We are doing something called Toys for Tots. Toys for Tots is a program where anyone in Petoskey buys toys and give children gifts to families that are poor. If you would like to buy toys for very poor families who don’t get that many presents then that would be great. They always say the more gifts the better. But if you do want to buy some gifts please do not wrap them in wrapping paper or any thing else. You would have to keep the gifts visible. You would also have to buy brand new presents and not used ones.

When you or if you buy presents you would help us give people in the world more and more gifts. You could deliver the gifts at Central Elementary School.

Right out side the fifth-grade classes you will find a box that says Toys for Tots on it and you would just drop the gift in there. So I am telling you right now, if you were a family and you were poor would you like it if you didn’t get a lot of presents every year?

Brittney Lynn Bunker

Petoskey

Toys for Tots is a wonderful program

Editor:

Toys for Tots is a wonderful program. It helps give toys to children for Christmas that can’t afford them. Shouldn’t every child get toy(s) for Christmas.

In 1947 Major Bill Hendricks started a program that gives toys to children that are in need.

The Major and his military reserves group, gave over 5,000 toys to needy children!

In 1948 the Marine Corps adopted the program because it was so great!

We still do it today, so make yourself feel good! And go buy toys for the needy!

Noah Lee Bailey

Petoskey

Give to Toys for Tots

Editor:

I think it is important to donate presents to Toys for Tots so all kids in Emmet, Charlevoix, and Cheboygan counties get presents for Christmas. Toys for Tots is an organization that collects presents for kids that don’t get presents for Christmas. Toys for Tots started in 1947 in Los Angeles, started by Major Bill Hendricks with the support of his Marine Corps Reserve unit.

In 1948 Toys for Tots started spreading nationwide. Please would you donate to Toys for Tots it’s really easy all you have to do is find a box labeled “Toys for Tots” in a store or a school and put a new unwrapped toy in the box for babies through teenager. Please make a kid have a jolly Christmas.

Kaden

Petoskey

We are counting on real health care reform

Editor:

The majority of Americans, I believe, will be deeply disappointed if we do not have real reform of our health care.

Democrats will have a hard time explaining how they have congressional control and administrative control and cannot seem to achieve what many of us were counting on.

Dr. Paul Sullivan

Harbor Springs

Help give children a great Christmas

Editor:

I believe that all children should be able to wake up Christmas morning to a shining Christmas tree with lots of presents to open.